Abstract
Clearance of recruited immune cells is necessary to resolve inflammatory reactions. We show here that matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2), as part of an interleukin 13 (IL-13)–dependent regulatory loop, dampens inflammation by promoting the egress of inflammatory cells into the airway lumen. MMP2−/− mice showed a robust asthma phenotype and increased susceptibility to asphyxiation induced by allergens. However, whereas the lack of MMP2 reduced the influx of cells into bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), numerous inflammatory cells accumulated in the lung parenchyma. BAL of MMP2−/− mice lacked normal chemotactic activity, whereas lung inflammatory cells from the same mice showed appropriate chemotactic responses. Thus, MMP2 establishes the chemotactic gradient required for egression of lung inflammatory cells and prevention of lethal asphyxiation.
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We thank A. C. White and B. Dickey for helpful comments and T. Itoh and S. Itohara for providing the MMP2−/− mice. Supported by the Caroline Weiss Law Fund for Molecular Medicine; National Institutes of Health grants K08 HL03344 and R01 HL69585 (to D. C.), K08 HL03732 and R01 HL64061 (to F. K.); and the Sandler Family Asthma Fund (to Z. W.).
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Corry, D., Rishi, K., Kanellis, J. et al. Decreased allergic lung inflammatory cell egression and increased susceptibility to asphyxiation in MMP2-deficiency. Nat Immunol 3, 347–353 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni773
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